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Snowball acquisitions feeding bottom line

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2006
Snowball Group has reported an after tax profit of over $1.7 million for the June 2006 year, with earnings per share increasing 150 per cent from $1.20 to $3.00 on the back of a continuing acquisitions strategy. The results were fed by strong revenue ...

Scale fails to buy cheaper premiums

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2006
For superannuation fund trustees arguing that scale is a panacea, as far as insurance is concerned it has very little impact on pricing premiums, according to a Rainmaker report. Rainmaker's associate director of research, Andrew Keevers, said the 2006 ...

Japanese sign on to Aussie services provider

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2006
An Australian software and services provider's investment management system has been selected by one of Japan's largest asset managers, Nissay Asset Management (NAM) to streamline its funds management operations onto one integrated platform. Charles ...

MTAA speeds past $4bn

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2006
The Motor Trades Association of Australia Superannuation Fund (MTAA Super) has just broken through the $4 billion mark in funds under management, with $1 billion tumbling into the coffers in just the last year. The steep ramp up in funds under management ...

AXA hits $10bn on platform but continues to build

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2006
AXA's Summit platform has ridden a tide of strong sales and continued support from advisers past its milestone of $10 billion in funds under administration (FUA). June and July saw AXA record all time record sales, taking FUA past the $10 billion mark ...

Plum puts increased super savings on auto-pilot

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2006
Plum Financial Services has unveiled a new superannuation service which will divert a client's future pay raises into their super savings without them needing to lift a finger nor sacrifice any of their existing take home pay. The Escalator Program ...

S&P raise MEB credit rating

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2006
Industry funds affiliated bank, Members Equity Bank, (MEB) has had its counterparty credit rating raised by Standard & Poor's from 'BBB-/A-3 to 'BBB/A-2' The move comes after steady growth in MEB since 2004, during which time funds under management ...

Scam targets ethnic community

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2006
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has warned investors to be wary of investment schemes targeted at specific communities after it acted to shut down a scam targeting the Australian Chinese community. ASIC investigations uncovered ...

Scale is king and it saves members money too

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2006
Funds are no longer talking up mergers for their own sake, but it is already clear that well executed mergers or growth strategies can save members a significant amount of money. Alison McIvor, national manager marketing and communications at Australian ...

Snowball to snap up Western Pacific

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2006
Financial planning group Snowball has announced it plans to complete the purchase of Western Australian based financial planning group Western Pacific Financial Planning, a move which comes after Snowball acquired an initial stake last year. Under the ...